26 Irving House, Pittville Circus Road, Cheltenham, GL52 2PZ

26 Irving House is a semi-detached house in Cheltenham (GL52 2PZ). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 66 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (23–66 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 66 m² the property is well over the postcode median (45 m² across 62 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£296/sq ft) was about 20% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £210,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.